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Taliban official: At least 100 dead, wounded in Afghan blast
Middle East
October 8, 2021
Taliban official: At least 100 dead, wounded in Afghan blast
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A blast went off Friday at a mosque packed with Shia Muslim worshippers in northern Afghanistan,…
Amid turmoil, Afghanistan pavilion arrives at Dubai’s Expo
Middle East
October 7, 2021
Amid turmoil, Afghanistan pavilion arrives at Dubai’s Expo
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — When Afghanistan’s president was killed in a communist coup in 1978 and the country…
Moscow to host Afghanistan talks on Oct. 20
Middle East
October 7, 2021
Moscow to host Afghanistan talks on Oct. 20
MOSCOW, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Moscow plans to host international talks on Afghanistan on Oct. 20, President Vladimir Putin’s special…
Stranded at Tajik sanatorium, pregnant Afghan pilot fears for unborn baby
Middle East
October 6, 2021
Stranded at Tajik sanatorium, pregnant Afghan pilot fears for unborn baby
WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (Reuters) – She didn’t forget the prenatal vitamins – that was one of the few things this…
Hundreds throng passport office in Afghan capital
Middle East
October 6, 2021
Hundreds throng passport office in Afghan capital
KABUL, Oct 6 (Reuters) – Hundreds of Afghans flocked to the passport office in Kabul on Wednesday, just a day…
Rights group: Taliban unlawfully killed 13 ethnic Hazaras
Middle East
October 5, 2021
Rights group: Taliban unlawfully killed 13 ethnic Hazaras
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban forces unlawfully killed 13 ethnic Hazaras, most of them Afghan soldiers who had surrendered to…
Taliban-style security welcomed by some, feared by others
Middle East
October 4, 2021
Taliban-style security welcomed by some, feared by others
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — It wasn’t 7 a.m. yet and already the line outside the police station’s gates was long,…
Turkish Red Crescent sending aid to feed displaced Afghans
Middle East
October 2, 2021
Turkish Red Crescent sending aid to feed displaced Afghans
ISTANBUL, Oct 1 (Reuters) – The Turkish Red Crescent is sending aid to Afghanistan to feed internally displaced people in…
Afghan pavilion at Dubai world fair stays shut after Taliban takeover
Middle East
October 2, 2021
Afghan pavilion at Dubai world fair stays shut after Taliban takeover
DUBAI, Oct 1 (Reuters) – Hours after the world expo fair opened in Dubai on Friday, Afghanistan’s exhibition remained closed…
Pentagon chief defends execution of final airlift from Kabul
Middle East
September 28, 2021
Pentagon chief defends execution of final airlift from Kabul
WASHINGTON (AP) — In his first congressional testimony on the tumultuous US withdrawal from Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on…